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That's the reality. No matter how arrogant the nobles and powerful gentry used to be, when they encountered an absolutely powerful overlord, they would still stick to it and seek a new way out.

However, Li Li, who had returned victorious, had no time to pay attention to them, let alone meet them, so they had no way to meet them, so they had to sharpen their heads and find another way.

Coincidentally. Today, Li Li's younger brother Li Xian and a group of cronies and subordinates got married, so the former dignitaries and powerful forces in the Xiliang realm have found someone to get an invitation to the Zhennan General's Mansion, and then brought a large number of property and rare treasures to congratulate the major general Li Xian on his wedding, in order to be familiar with each other and clear the way for future actions.

Li Li seems to have expected the thoughts of these snobs, and he informed his subordinates in advance that he had opened the door to tens of thousands of invitations, each of which was worth a lot of money. If all these invitations were to be distributed, at least 100,000 taels of gold would be raised, enough to raise the weapons and armor needed to form two cavalry battalions.

As for the gifts and gold and silver property collected at the wedding, ninety percent of them will be used as military funds to enter the treasury, and the remaining one percent will be used as the wedding income of more than 100 generals who are married together today by Li Xian, Li Xuan, Huan Fei, Xu Chu, and Guo Jia, and will be distributed as appropriate. Even so, everyone who is married today still gets a lot of money, like Li Xian, Li Xuan, Guo Jia, Huan Fei and other five people, each of whom has at least 350,000 taels, enough for the family to live a prosperous life comfortably for ten years.

This is the current state of society. It is true that ordinary people are poor, but the old nobles and powerful gentry have wealth that ordinary people can hardly imagine.

And these people are all under Li Li's rule, so he can't take it by force for no reason. We can only use unknown means to slim down these people, and take out a part of the huge wealth they have accumulated over the years to supplement military expenses. It's just that this kind of thing can be done, and Li Li will never admit to doing this kind of thing, as for what others think, it's another matter.

It is worth mentioning that Si Li won a lot in the first battle. In addition, the Xiliang recuperation strategy has achieved initial results, which has greatly alleviated the shortage of grain in Xiliang.

From now on, it is only a matter of co-ordination. With proper distribution, the shortage of food and grass and the emptiness of the treasury of the Xiliang army will be gone forever, and the hat of reckless military force will be completely thrown off, and the pace of calming the troubled times can finally be accelerated. No longer bothered by food and grass, and stagnant.

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On the main hall. Li Li whispered to Cai Yong while drinking tea, and everyone in the hall also talked in pairs, laughing from time to time.

Looking at Cai Yong, who was sitting next to him, his temples were gray, the obvious silver threads were exposed between his buns, and the horizontal lines on his forehead were sunken, but fortunately, he was in good spirits and looked very healthy. Seeing this, Li Li couldn't help but feel emotional. Sighing.

In history, as early as when Dong Zhuo was assassinated. Cai Yong insisted on collecting Dong Zhuo's body, and cried bitterly under the gate of Zhengyang Palace, where Dong Zhuo's head was hung, which attracted many people to watch and discuss. Wang Yun was very angry about this, so he killed Cai Yong, confiscated Cai Yong's mansion, and drove Cai Yan, who lived in his mother's home, out of the house, and then fell into the hands of the Southern Huns. This move made Wang Yun controversial and discredited, which made many scholars and Confucian scholars very dissatisfied with him, and there was a tendency for everyone to betray their relatives. And a generation of great Confucian Cai Yong also finished his life and became Dong Zhuo's martyr, and he was controversial after his death, and it is not an exaggeration to describe him as ruined by his fame.

However, after Cai Yong met Li Li, his fate also changed. At the beginning, he did not dislike the identity of Li Liliang's son, and resolutely decided to entrust his beloved daughter Cai Yan to Li Li, and strongly recommended Li Li to Dong Zhuo to serve as the Taishou of Wuwei, and was approved. As a result, Cai Yong opened a door for Li Li, allowing Li Li to get out of the quagmire of the battle in Chang'an, and finally had the opportunity to show his strength. To this day, Li Li still remembers his pride and ambition when he led his troops to leave Chang'an and go to Wuwei County. The kind of joy that swept away the haze and was heroic and dry, Li Li has always remembered it vividly, and he has never forgotten it for a moment.

After taking this step, Cai Yong's life trajectory was linked to Li Li. During the Chang'an Rebellion, he was still saddened by Dong Zhuo's death and insisted on collecting Dong Zhuo's body, which also caused Wang Yun's extreme dissatisfaction and tried to harm him. However, just when Cai Yong's life and death were hanging by a thread, Li Zhi, the commander of Li Li's personal guards, killed him in the air, pulled Cai Yong back from the brink of death, and then escaped from Chang'an City with him on his back.

Since then, Cai Yong has completely got rid of the fate of the martyr, escaped, and with the rising power of his son-in-law Li Li, he became the first dean of Tai College, and gave him the title of Tai Bachelor, with the same rank as the third duke, becoming the first Confucian in the world.

However, Cai Yong is loyal to the Han family, there is no doubt about it. Therefore, he repeatedly recited the way of monarchs and ministers in front of Li Li, persuaded Li Li to be loyal to the Han family, and assisted Liu Xie, the son of heaven, to rejuvenate the Han family. However, as time passed, Li Li became more and more powerful, his army became stronger and stronger, and his actions became more and more unscrupulous. This qiē clearly tells Sù Cai Yong what his son-in-law wants to do and where his ambition is.

There is no doubt that during the period of time when he learned that Li Lizhi was in the world, Cai Yong was undoubtedly tormented, struggling violently in his heart, fighting against himself, on the one hand, loyal to the Han Dynasty for decades, on the other hand, he was his beloved son-in-law, and he was also a life-saving benefactor. This incomprehensible struggle and suffering of ordinary people is not enough for outsiders, so they can only bear it alone, and only Cai Yong himself knows the pain. This is a violent collision between life ideals and reality, a struggle between emotions and beliefs, and a choice between family affection and ambition.

Cai Yong, who has struggled alone for a long time, has since become silent, devoted to studying and teaching, and no longer cares about court affairs. However, he invisibly favored his daughter and son-in-law, subconsciously maintained Li Li's reputation, couldn't help but publicize Li Li's great achievements, and taught students that today's study opportunities were not easy to come by, and they should cherish the rare opportunities in front of them. Bear in mind that these are all gifts from the great general Li Li.

This is what Cai Yong did his best to do for Li Li, but he never revealed a word in front of Li Li, let alone the slightest idea of inviting credit. In this way, he has been imperceptibly influencing the students of Tai Academy. Doing what he thinks he should do for three years. If it weren't for Cai Yan inadvertently mentioning that his father Cai Yong and Kong Rong had a big quarrel, Li Li would not have known that he would not have known that among his many fathers-in-law, there was such a person who always silently supported him.

At this moment, Li Li sat in the hall with Cai Yong leisurely and drank tea in this way, and the content of the conversation was all trivial matters at home, and did not involve political affairs between the DPRK and China. So the conversation was very pleasant and enjoyable.

To this day, Li Li can fully understand Cai Yong's feelings. I know that my father-in-law is still very conflicted and complicated in his heart, and what he does can be done but not said; Even if he was questioned in person, he would never admit it, and even deny it outright. This is the persistence of an old man. His heart was already set against his children. But he still has his own obsessions; Under the circumstance of the general trend, he only begged that he would not do anything that would damage the prestige of the Han family in his lifetime, and he couldn't control so many other things.

Compared with Cai Yong, who looked calm, Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun and Kong Rong and others in the hall looked very restrained, with a worried expression, wandering eyes, and always paying attention to the changes in Li Li's expression on the main seat. Now, in their eyes. The twenty-two-year-old young man who sat on the upper stairs worshipped as the general of the court. Leader of the prime minister, overseeing the military and political affairs of the world, holding the sword of the Son of Heaven, holding four or five hundred thousand Xiliang male soldiers, looking at the world and dominating the situation. After the Battle of Sili, the name of the great general Li Li shocked the world, which made the overlords of all walks of life jealous. Today, this young general is enough to make the world look up.

Looking at Li Li's sunny and handsome face, Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun and Kong Rong felt a lot and sighed secretly. Three years ago, when Li Li Chu took charge of Chang'an Gyeonggi, these people did not take this humble and polite young man to heart at all, and they had the right to be a young man, and they categorically could not last long, far from being comparable to Dong Zhuo. Therefore, when they faced Li Li's humble and polite courtesy, they accepted it calmly, and even a little arrogant, putting on a posture of condescension and surrender. However, Li Li didn't mind at that time, he was polite to them, the famous generals and Confucians, and regarded himself as a junior everywhere, which greatly satisfied the vanity of Huangfu Song and others, and made them very useful.

However, after three years, or even less than three years, they are still those people, and the shape they can face has changed greatly. Nowadays, they sit in the hall and tremble, while the young people of the past sit on the upper throne and talk and laugh freely, their smiles are still sunny, but their identities are not the same as before.

Especially the two veterans of Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, the scene of the morning before yesterday appeared in front of their eyes, the son of the dignified Yizhou Mu Liu Yan, the authentic Han clan relatives Liu Fan and Liu Dan brothers, with the young general's order, the head of the head fell to the ground, and its head is still hanging in front of the gate of Changle Palace. In this matter, the two veterans were actually involved, although they were not the masterminds, but they also pushed the boat along the way, or rather, they were accomplices. But right now, the two Liu Fan brothers have been punished by the law, Fu Wan and Pang Xi have also been transferred out of the court, and after entering the general's mansion, they have become prisoners under the ranks, and now there are only a few people left who have not been punished, including the two veterans sitting in the hall at the moment. If Li Li didn't know that the two of them also had a share, it would definitely be self-deception, and in the current Chang'an City, if Li Li wanted to know, it would be clear in less than half a day. However, why didn't Li Li blame the two of them, but invited them to the wedding banquet as guests?

This made Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun puzzled, because they were sitting in the hall and uneasy, fearing that they were still guests at the moment, and they would become prisoners the next moment.

At this moment, the two soldiers walked into the main hall quickly, whispered to Guo Jia and Li Xuan, and then Li and Guo got up and retreated. Because the two of them are also today's groom officials, it is now close to noon, and the wedding is about to begin, so they naturally have to prepare in advance, and then marry the bride, and worship the church at noon.

It is said that weddings are generally held around noon, because at this time, the righteousness is magnificent, and the heavens, demons, ghosts, and ghosts have fled far away, so noon is a good day and an auspicious time.

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